Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 8 November 2018
Public Accounts Committee
Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation
9:00 am
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Mr. McCallion can comment on my next point at the end. Dr. Scally looked at CervicalCheck and found issues with procurement and auditing. There was the obvious issue of non-disclosure. There were issues in relation to risk management. There were issues in relation to whether proper performance management was in place or proper metrics to measure success were in place, etc. Risks with communication were also identified. I could go on but a litany of failures or what Dr. Scally called "gross systemic failures" were identified. Those related to CervicalCheck but there are other screening services. Is the National Screening Service taking what it can see and what Dr. Scally found in respect of CervicalCheck and seeking to identify if similar problems exist in the other two areas?
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